date:Mar 17, 2014
Days ahead of a bridge-building exercise by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in China, one of the world's largest dairy companies Fonterra said it would plead guilty to a series of charges stemming from a global food safety scare last year.
A botulism scare last year, which turned out to be a false alarm, prompted global recalls of baby formula.
New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries laid four charges against the company, including exporting a product that did not meet relevant stand